Platen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Platen	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Platen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
platen n work table of a machine tool the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Platen \Plat"en\, n. [F. platine, fr. plat flat. See {Plate}, and cf. {Platin}.] (Mach.) (a) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. (b) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression. (c) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called {table}.